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Greek mathematician and scientist Pythagoras said, "Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul."
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Pythagoras (c 570 to 497 BC) Believed the universe was constructed using mathematics and everything could be described with numbers; established a link between mathematics and music; proved Pythagoras’s theorem; discovered irrational numbers.
https://www.famousscientists.org/pythagoras/ (5 August 2018) http://famousquotefrom.com/pythagoras/ (5 August 2018)
YouTube Videos:
Video One: 2 minutes: "Pythagoras in 2 minutes 2"
Video Two: 6 minutes: "Mini Biography - Pythagoras"
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Leonardo Fibonacci, considered by many as the greatest mathematician during the middle ages (he discovered the golden ratio) said, "If by chance I have omitted anything more or less proper or necessary, I beg forgiveness, since there is no one who is without fault and circumspect in all matters.”
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Fibonacci popularized this number which was first known in India perhaps as much as 1000 years earlier. Some call it Nature's number. The golden ratio of 1.618034 is displayed extensively in the physical world.
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fibonacci.html (7 August 2018)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1712791-fibonacci-s-liber-abaci (7 August 2018)
YouTube Videos:
Video One: 9.5 minutes: Magic Number
Video Two: 6.5 minutes: TED Talks
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Italian painter, architect and inventor Leonardo da Vinci said, "Art is the queen of all sciences, communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world."
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a genius in multiple discplines including anatomy, civil engineering, optics and art.
https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/leonardo-da-vinci-2134.php (5 August 2018)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci (5 August 2018)
Video:
Video One: 9:20 minutes: "Great Minds: Leonardo da Vinci"
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Robert Boyle: From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.
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Robert Boyle (1627-1691) put chemistry on a firm scientific footing, transforming it from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into one based on measurement. He defined elements, compounds, and mixtures, and he coined the new term ‘chemical analysis,’ a field in which he made several powerful contributions.
https://www.famousscientists.org/robert-boyle/ (3 August 2018) https://todayinsci.com/B/Boyle_Robert/BoyleRobert-Quotations.htm (3 August 2018)
Videos:
Video One: 3 minutes: "Men of Science, Men of God"
Video Two: 8.5 minutes: "Robert Boyle - Man of Science, Man of Faith"
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British scientist Michael Faraday said, "The book of nature, which we have to read, is written by the finger of God." Michael Faraday (1859), "Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics", p471.
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Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Faraday was a devout Christian. Biographers have noted that "a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work."
Video:
Video One: 3 minutes: Michael Faraday and the Electric Spark
Video Two: 5 minutes: The Father of Electricity
Video Three: 9 minutes: Michael Faraday
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Sir Isaac Newton: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being."
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Sir Isaac Newton (1643 -1727) was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion, and is credited as one of the great scientific minds of the 17th century. https://www.biography.com/people/isaac-newton-9422656 (4 August 2018)
Inventor, Scientist, and Teacher Isaac Newton, by John Hudson Tiner, copyright 1975 by Mott Media Inc. Fourth Printing 1988 (The Sower Seriies). Introduction Page 1.
Videos:
Video One: 3 minutes: "Isaac Newton | Illustrating History"
Video Two: 6 minutes: "Sir Isaac Newton"
Video Three: 51 minutes: "BBC Documentary, History - Sir Isaac Newton"
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German-American Physicist Dr. Albert Einstein said, “We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations."
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He is considered one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century.
Source: https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/einstein-christian-15102017/ (8 July 2018)
Video:
Video One: 4.5 minutes: "Who Was Albert Einstein"
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French Doctor and Scientist Louis Pasteur said: Posterity will one day laugh at the sublime foolishness of the modern materialistic philosophy. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory ... Life comes only from life ... Science brings men nearer to God.
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Louis Pasteur: (1822-1895) The founder of modern medicine. In fact, his name provided the basis for a household word—pasteurized.
https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/louis-pasteur (4 August 2018) https://www.azquotes.com/quote/694953 (4 August 2018)
Videos:
Video One: 3 minutes: "Louis Pasteur - Scientist | Mini Bio"